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Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes November 21, 2016 Page 18 of 20 2. Identify those styles and structural types because a lot of times, those things represent very specific things. They might be different time periods or geographic areas such as historic Downtown versus areas of fringe then incorporated. Changes going out from the center. They may be identified with different industries and buildings. Structures associated with the railroad industry are different from the mining industry. There may be areas identified with ethnic groups because Louisville has a different ethnic mix than Lafayette. 3. Identify information gaps. Louisville has a lot of information from the Historical Museum and architectural surveys done. If there are holes, we want to figure out what pieces of information are missing. What personal stories will lead us to explore a whole new realm? 4. Prioritize future documentation either in a general sense such as 1930s residential buildings or 1960s industrial or commercial buildings. 5. Help provide guidance for evaluating significance. When a new property comes up for landmarking or demolition or alteration, the historic context will give you a good background of what the most important characteristics of different types are, or characteristics of different time periods. When you look at a new property, you can say "this has these characteristics or this has a whole smorgasbord so it's not representative of any one particular time period". 6. Understand compatible modifications. We will fit this in with your approach to doing these reviews. We will provide some guidance on information collected so far and the ways that, if you make changes to buildings and structures in the future, you can help keep their characteristics that are significant or indicative of specific styles. If you change these things, you've totally changed the identity of a building or structure. Three different contexts: 1. Residential development of Louisville 2. Commercial development 3. Agricultural railroad and mining origins (industrial development context) Steps: 1. Met with Lauren Trice and Bridget Bacon at the Historical Museum. I've had a little walking tour with Lauren, looked at the Museum and talked to Bridget about resources available. 2. Presentation such as tonight. Either PaleoWest or Lauren will give presentations in the future and City Council and other Boards. 3. Depending on information gaps identified, we may do selective architectural inventories. 4. Research and put it into a framework that fits with each of these contexts. Earlier this year, we did a cellular communication project in Louisville. We have a map with previously recorded resources in Louisville centered on a building in historic Downtown. This is on file at the Office of Archeology in Historic Preservation. 5. Mine all existing information from the Museum and City Staff and architectural surveys already done. 6. Look at other things such as historical maps and photographs, assessor records, general land office records, historical newspapers, mine records, etc. 7. Public input sessions because personal stories are so important for getting people living today involved in the history of Louisville. Get all the little details about the history that you wouldn't get from reading. 8. Targeted on-line surveys. Public forums. Chat rooms. Interactive voting stations similar to what was done for the Preservation Master Plan.